That will certainly make things interesting, as I made zero purchases to sustain this war past the point when I saw it would be over!
Take OOL in Egypt strictly by defense value. AA Guns first. In case of a tie, Japanese units die first, then Germans, then Italians.
OOL noted, although I think it won’t matter - if you hold it at the end of the turn, it’s over -
I ran it through the battle calculator - I have a 0% chance of winning - with you having 17 + units left… Allied Banzai!
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3 Final, version: 3.3
Game History
Round :10
Purchase Units - British
British buy 2 armour, 1 mech_infantry and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;
Combat Move - British
3 armour, 3 artilleries, 7 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
1 mech_infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
1 mech_infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
1 bomber, 6 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Algeria to Egypt
Combat - British
Battle in Egypt
British attack with 3 armour, 3 artilleries, 1 bomber, 6 fighters, 7 infantry, 4 mech_infantrys and 3 tactical_bombers
Japanese defend with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber; Germans defend with 1 artillery, 5 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber; Italians defend with 3 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 10 armour, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour, 8 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
Italians win with 10 armour, 6 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is -106
Casualties for Japanese: 1 bomber
Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
Casualties for British: 3 armour, 3 artilleries, 1 bomber, 6 fighters, 7 infantry, 4 mech_infantrys and 3 tactical_bombers
Casualties for Italians: 3 aaGuns, 8 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
Non Combat Move - British
3 infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
1 infantry moved from Rhodesia to Belgian Congo
1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia
1 destroyer moved from 109 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
1 destroyer moved from 104 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
Place Units - British
2 submarines placed in 109 Sea Zone
2 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in Union of South Africa
Turn Complete - British
British collect 29 PUs; end with 30 PUs total
Congratulations, sir! The game is yours - very well played.
I’ve learned a valuable lesson about VCs - one I’ve not had to think about before. Your pivot of Japan to the center of the board seemed like a clear opening for me (which it was… Japan fell because of it), but it bought you the game. It was a winning strategy.
And no, it was not the Stalingradski strategy - it was much better.
I’m up for another game, if you are. I need redemption! :-D
Let me clarify… a shot at redemption…
The move of Japan’s navy into the Red Sea wasn’t planned. I had no other way of killing off that Allied navy and they were going to be the reason I couldn’t hold Egypt. That was more about opportunity than it was some great plan :)
Thanks for the compliment, but it basically was your idea. In essence, you can take your time reaching Moscow one spot at a time if, and only if, you can keep the Allies off of your back long enough to shift your buys from offense to defense.
I’d love to have your company in another game. Want to switch up sides and you can helm the Axis?
It’s a deal! And thanks in return for the compliment.
I’ll start one up as soon as I can -
We’ll see if I learned anything from the 5 games I started up at the same time as the Allies… You know, other than “don’t start up 5 games at the same time as the Allies…” :lol:
Oooh. Just had a thought – you said you’ve never been Sealion’ed. Want to pick this game up after F1 when I decided not to Sealion? I’ve only been Sealion’ed once (and I think I might win as the Allies in that game) and I’ve never done it, so it’ll be new for both of us.
